Genuine Moldavite Sleeping Dragon Carving – 2.49g Hand-Carved Czech Moldavite

Atelier Collection: finely detailed carving by our mid-level carver.

A sleeping dragon carved by hand from a 4.98g piece of rough Czech moldavite. 50% of the stone remains; the rest was cut away to free the form inside.

The piece

Sleeping Dragon, hand-carved from a single piece of genuine Czech moldavite.
Carved weight: 2.49g (from a 4.98g rough stone)
Stock no. MC-0008

In art and folklore

Wisdom, strength and good fortune.

The stone

Moldavite is a green natural glass formed about 15 million years ago, when a meteorite struck what is now southern Germany. It is found only in the Czech Republic. This piece comes from Chlum.

Authenticity

We buy rough directly at source. The backlit photos show the stone's natural internal structure: bubbles, swirls and flow lines that glass imitations can't copy. Every piece is covered by our authenticity guarantee.

Design and making

Designed by Lauren at TLALLI. Each rough stone is chosen by hand, and its form is drawn out for that stone alone: what it will become, where it is carved in the round or in relief, and where the natural moldavite is left untouched. It is then hand-carved in Indonesia by one of the independent carvers we have worked with for over ten years, working side by side on every piece. One of a kind: this exact piece will not be repeated.

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